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[MEGATHREAD] Starfield - Your experiences! (cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com)

submitted 10 months ago by quinten@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

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For those who have pre-ordered it is already here, the rest have to wait a little longer. Starfield is finally here! Have you bought it, why or why not? If you've already played it, what do you think of it? We are very curious!

Discuss all things Starfield below!

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[-] CaptFeather@lemm.ee 103 points 10 months ago

Y'all I thought we agreed as a society to not preorder anymore?

[-] butter@midwest.social 25 points 10 months ago

I didn't pre order. I waited for review embargo to lift, then I bought it today.

This isn't "early access", this is Bethsda squeezing money out of game pass subscribers

[-] Sydius@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

I actually have no problem with this, I even almost like this.

If you want, you can spend extra cash to play it a few days earlier, otherwise you can wait and get it for "free". This drives sales, "forces" the most hardcore players to purchase the title, and ensures that gamepass players can enjoy first party titles on day one even in the future.

[-] pexavc@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

which one are you in? I am in society 2.0.1B

[-] beefcat@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

You didn’t have to pre-order it for early access.

[-] fireshaper@infosec.pub 2 points 10 months ago

I didn't preorder, it's free with Game Pass. Just not the early play.

[-] gamer@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

I got the premium edition when I bought a new CPU and it came bundled, so I still have my Hardcore Gamer Badge.

…I also got Overwatch 2, but I’m not even going to bother redeeming that one.

[-] sudo 9 points 10 months ago

Isn't OW2 free?

[-] ridethisbike@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Which makes it even worse

[-] gamer@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

You're right, just checked my emails and saw that the code is for "Overwatch 2 Invasion Ultimate Bundle", which I guess is DLC or something. It was bundled with a Zotac 4090 on Amazon.

[-] rDrDr@lemmy.world -2 points 10 months ago

In my defense, I preordered it after it came out.

[-] emptyother@programming.dev 1 points 10 months ago

Same. I almost always hold on games until just after release, when the preorder is still up, so I can read user reactions and gameplay videos before buying but still get the crappy preorder rewards.